One in three long-term unemployed in Germany is a foreign national as chronic joblessness tops 1 million again
In 2014, there were 196,122 foreign nationals among the long-term unemployed. Today, that figure has soared to 317,377
Last updated: January 12, 2026 23:10
By
Thomas Brooke
8 hours ago
Germany once again has more than 1 million long-term unemployed, according to new federal data that shows a growing share of those without work are foreign nationals, many from asylum-seeking countries.
Figures from the Federal Employment Agency show that 1,042,517 people had been unemployed for at least one year as of November 2025. That means more than one in three (36.1 percent) of all unemployed people in Germany are now classed as long-term unemployed, as Bild reported.
The data, released in response to a parliamentary inquiry by the Alternative for Germany (AfD), also shows how deeply rooted the problem has become. More than half of the long-term unemployed have been without work for over two years, and almost one in five for more than five years.
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